Marketing Management Trap Ease Case By : FAJRI RAMADHAN Magister Management – Eks XVII
1. Martha and the Trap Ease America investor feel they face a “once-in-a-life-time opportunity”. What information do they need to evaluate this opportunity? Information that they need is to see if there are any Companies ( competitors ) that produce similar products (mousetrap) do not have the similar technology with Trap-Ease product, that they have a better mousetrap, efficient and easy to use and without any risk to any injured or poisoned by how the mouse trap compare to a traditional ways. So this is a new breakthrough in technology mousetrap, this is the major information to be evaluated by them so that they feel this
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Marketing Mix of Trap-Ease is: a. Product Product from Trap Ease Company is a household appliance that functions as a mouse trap with new technology and innovation. b. Price Suggested retail Price is $ 2.49 in a package of two. c. Place National Grocery, hardware and drug chains such as Safeway, Kmart, Hechinger’s and CB Drug. d. Promotion By spending approximately $50.000 to visit trade show and retailers, and less than $ 10,000 to advertise (it 's included to advertise in the magazine "Home and Shelter" in the rubric of Good Housekeeping.
Do You see any Problem with this Mix ? In my opinion the problems of the Marketing Mix which is run by the Trap-Ease is in promotion, this can be seen from the use of the budget to advertise relatively little compared with the budget to visit trade shows and visit retailers. Problems can also arise due to the use of advertising budget that is used for less than $ 10,000 and this is because Martha thought with fame that the product already had previously as new innovation products, Martha thinks that not too important to advertise constantly. In my opinion with constantly making an advertise of Trap-Ease product which already well known in the community will be increasingly recognized and continue to build the mindset of consumers thought that if some one need a
If the initial snap of the trap is successful in capturing prey, then the trap will begin the tightening phase. This
Each chamber was 19x45 cm with plexiglass walls with openings separating each chamber. The day before testing each mouse was put in the empty apparatus for 5 minutes to get used to the chamber. On the testing day each mouse was put in the center chamber one at a time with a block (object) in one chamber and a stranger mouse in the other chamber. The stranger mouse was kept in place with a little wire dome over it so the mice could interact. The mouse was observed for 12 minutes. Researchers kept track of the amount of time (s) that the mouse spent with the object and the
- Keep your homes and its surroundings clean. Mice like to dwell in dark, damp, cluttered and filthy areas.
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to drink their water from. A typical mouse gets their water from some sort of dripper. They will need food and a food bowl. Along with the cage to put this stuff in. (Johnson, 2009, p. xx)
➢ The limited advertisement budget may fail to create an impact and convey rapidly a clear message to any potential customers.
Trap-Ease America has targeted the trap to housewives, whom it believes will be attracted to the safety and cleanliness that its trap offers. The trap lures the mouse into a square tube in which it finds itself trapped alive. Thus, there is no danger in baiting and setting the trap, and there is no “mess” resulting from the trap’s operation.
• The larger advertising budgets of competitors can be a threat to maintaining market share with a brand with flat
This eliminates the use of snap traps and poison. One option that works well is the electric mouse trap. A mouse is lured into the tunnel by food and when it steps on a metal plate, the mouse is quickly killed with an electric shock. Disposing of the mouse is easy too since you can just turn the trap upside down and the mouse slides out. Electric traps are expensive though, so you probably won't buy very many. If you have a lot of mice, they may eventually wise up and stop going into the traps before you've killed them off.
The next trap where going to talk about is a live trap. This is just a wire box that has a door and when the animal steps on the pan the door shuts. I like to use these
By bringing producers news about the state of the market and introducing new products to people in rural areas.
There is very less people actually know about its product and services. Our target audience are tv shows and movie- holic. So, giving them something which is already there won’t make them happy. So, we are taking some time with our ad campaigns so, that it creates a buzz and making everyone love the product and its service. Our ad campaign will be delivered in such a way that it not only aware about our product, but they will talk a lot about us in a good and happy way.
There are many different types of traps like a peg snare trap. This trap is a good trap for beginners. There is also a drowning snare trap. This trap puts the animals out of their misery faster than the other traps. Another trap is the pine pitch
When you realized you had a major mouse infestation, you immediately laid out a whole slew of traps to get rid of them. And at first, it worked: you were catching mice almost daily. But now you go weeks without catching one. What happened?